ST’s PLC portfolio ranges from highly cost-effective and simple FSK transceivers, such as the ST7540 and ST7538Q, to the most advanced and integrated STarGRID® SoC platforms (ST7570, ST7580, ST7590), which provide high performance and multiple turnkey protocol implementations.

ST is actively committed in all major PLC standard definition organizations and industrial alliances and projects defining open communication protocol standards for smart grid applications, including OPEN meter project, Meters and More Association, PRIME Alliance, PLC-G3 Alliance, HomePlug Alliance and several other working groups inside the IEEE, ITU and IEC organizations).

STCOMET Smart Metering system-on-chip

This multi-core SoC with FLASH memory is a true smart-meter on-a-chip and embeds all the functions required to build future-proof, high-performance electricity meters for smart grid: